Elisabeth Cummings Paper Trail: 30 Years Billabong 1999 Silk screen 56 x 76cm
1 Elisabeth Cummings Paper Trail: 30 Years
King Street Gallery on William 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday 177 William St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Australia T: 61 2 9360 9727 [email protected] www.kingstreetgallery.com.au Directors: Robert Linnegar and Randi Linnegar
Member of the Australian Commercial Galleries Assocation Registered Valuer with the Australian Government Taxations Incentives for the Arts Scheme
Published by King Street Studios P/L 2010 978-0-9807666-2-2 Elisabeth working on an etching plate at Cicada Press
2 Interior 1980 Charcoal on paper 50 x 60cm 3 Untitled Edition of 4 1986 Chine Colle 39 x 52cm Windy Bush Edition of 10 1995 Lithograph 45 x 58cm
4 5 The Yard Edition of 25 2010 Etching 13 x 25cm Termite Mounds Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33 x 49.5cm
Warburton Morning Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33 x 49.5cm
6 7 Dogs Under The Table Edition of 30 2001 Etching 14 x 16cm The Piano Room Edition of 30 2001 Etching 15 x 16.5cm
Night Bird Edition of 15 2001 Etching 33 x 35cm
8 9 Table Top I Edition of 12 2001 Etching 21 x 24.5cm Saucepan Edition of 15 2001 Etching 21 x 24.5cm Teapot Edition of 12 2001 Etching 21 x 25cm Teapot 2 Edition of 15 2001 Etching 21 x 25cm
10 11 Windmill Edition of 25 2010 Etching 13 x 25cm
12 Western Country Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33.5 x 50cm 13 Flower Jug Edition of 15 2001 Etching 14 x 16cm Studio Table Edition of 15 2001 Etching 14 x 16cm
14 Near Arkaroola Edition of 35 2005 Etching 20.5 x 24.5cm 15 Bone Country Edition of 25 2006 Etching 25 x 29cm Menindee Lake Edition of 20 2007 Etching 49 x 68cm
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Edition of 25 2005 Etching 50 x 50cm
16 17 Pilbara Landscape Edition of 25 2005 Etching 23 x 29cm
18 Near Halls Creek Edition of 20 2007 Etching 30 x 35cm 19 Flinders Outcrop Edition of 25 2005 Etching 23 x 29cm Arkaroola Landscape Edition of 25 2005 Etching 50 x 68cm
20 The Green Mango B&B Edition of 25 2005 Etching 35 x 32cm 21 Smoko Edition of 25 2008 Etching 33.5 x 50cm Back Paddock Edition of 25 2008 Etching 33 x 50cm
22 23 Simpson Desert Edition of 25 2007 Etching 34 x 50cm New Moon at the Warburton River Edition of 25 2008 Etching 34 x 50cm
24 25 Flinders Journey Edition of 25 2007 Etching 34 x 50cm Hill End Glimpses Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33.5 x 50cm
26 27 Riverbed Edition of 20 2007 Etching 20 x 24cm
Flinders Farm Edition of 25 2009 Etching 34 x 49.5cm
28 29 Flinders Windmill Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33 x 49.5cm Northern Flinders Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33 x 49.5cm
Mountain Property Edition of 25 2009 Etching 33.5 x 50cm
30 31 Elisabeth Cummings is one of Australia’s most prominent senior painters. At 76 years of age and 55 years in the studio her semi-abstract paintings and works on paper of the Australian bush, interior/exterior scenes and still lifes are instantly recognisable. Imbued with lush texture and vibrant, rich colours, Elisabeth’s paintings can be found in many private and public collections. Her recent excursions to the Flinders Ranges, The Pilbara, Arnhem Land and The Larapinta Trail play a significant part in her forthcoming exhibition at King Street Gallery on William. The 2010 exhibition Paper Trail traces Elisabeth’s work in etching, monotype, Chine Colle and drawing over a period of thirty years.
Self Portrait Edition of 10 2005 Etching 5 x 5cm All images on www.kingstreetgallery.com.au
32 Spring II 2009 Gouache on paper 56 x 76cm 33 Birds Over The River Edition 25 2009 Etching 34 x 49.5cm
34 Flinders 2008 Graphite on paper 43 x 61cm 35 Untitled 2007/2009 Unique etching and ink 38 x 48cm Studio 2009 Graphite and ink on paper 50 x 53.5cm
Arkaroola Morning Edition 25 2009 Etching 33 x 49.5cm
36 37 Window Easel Clothesline 2009 Watercolour and pencil on paper 35 x 50cm 2009 Ink and pencil on paper 42 x 52.5cm 2009 Ink on paper 40 x 52cm
Flinders 3 2008 Ink on paper 28 x 33cm Flinders 2 2008 Ink on paper 28 x 33cm
38 39 40 Kitchen Window Wedderburn 2009 Gouache and ink on paper 33 x 59.5cm Driving Through the Bush 2009 Gouache and ink on paper 36 x 76cm 41 Elisabeth Cummings
Born 1934 Brisbane Queensland 2006 Lives and works in Wedderburn, NSW 1975-87 Part-time teaching, City Art Institute, Sydney 1958-68 Lived and studied in Italy & France 1961 School of Vision, Salzburg, with Oskar Kokoschka 1953-57 National Art School [E.S.T.C], Sydney
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010 Paper Trail: 30 Years King Street Gallery on William, Sydney 2008 New Paintings King Street Gallery on William 2007 monotypes king street gallery on burton, sydney 2006 new paintings king street gallery on burton 2005 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2004 painting king street gallery on burton 2003 painting king street gallery at Span Galleries, Melbourne paintings Pandanus Art, Currumbin Beach, Qld 2002 new paintings king street gallery on burton elisabeth cummings & clara hali Orange Regional Gallery, NSW 2001 Paintings and Prints Chapman Gallery Collaborative Pots (Barbara Romalis & Elisabeth Cummings) Chapman Gallery 2000 recent work king street gallery on burton Works on Paper Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW Nude With Lifted Knee Standing Nude Kneeling Nude From Back Edition of 14 Edition of 14 Edition of 14 1998 recent work king street gallery on burton 2005 Etching 3.5 x 3cm 2005 Etching 3.5 x 3cm 2005 Etching 3.5 x 3cm 1997 Survey Show (1965-1995) Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld Chapman Gallery, Canberra 1996 Survey Show (1965-1995) Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW recent paintings king street gallery on burton Sturt Gallery, Mittagong
42 43 Selected Group Exhibitions 1999 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2010 Stations of the Cross St Ives Uniting Church Easter Exhibition, Sydney 1998 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Prints from Cicada Press [curated by Michael Kempson] Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ Symbiosis Utopia Art, Sydney; 2009 Flora: Still Life Moving Fast Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW Tattersall’s Landscape Price Waterfront Place, Brisbane Six from Wedderburn Casula Power House Museum, NSW Salon De Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 1997 Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Personal Journeys [40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art] Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, NSW The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2008 Silk + Sand–Chinese and Australian Prints Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Uni of NSW 1994 The Lost Valley of the Springs Blaxland Gallery, Sydney On the Heysen Trail: Nine artists, eight days in the landscape S.H. Ervin Gallery Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales 2007-08 Harbourlife Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney 1993 A Stone’s Throw Project Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery 2007 Double Visions COFA, Uni of NSW, Sydney; touring to Orange Regional Gallery, NSW Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Cross Currents [curated by John Stringer] Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 1992 South Stradbroke Project Gold Coast City Art Gallery Salon Des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery 1976-1990 Modern Art Gallery, Casula 2006 The Chroma Collection Macquarie University Art Collection, Sydney 2005 open bite [selected prints from Cicada Press] COFA Exhibition/Performance Spaces, Uni of NSW Selected Awards/ Residencies Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery Gallery 2005/09-10 Artist in residence, COFA printmaking department, UNSW Fireworks Artspace, Mackay, Qld (and regional galleries in Qld); Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW (and regional galleries in NSW) 2000 Fleurier Prize for Landscape, S.A. Rivers SOS Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery 1996 Mosman Art Prize, NSW 2004 Fire Dreaming University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney 1995 Camden Art Prize, NSW Kedumba Drawing Award Kedumba Gallery, Blue Mountains Grammar, Wentworth Falls 1992 Tattersall’s Club Art Prize, Qld 2004: The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery 1991 Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery Sulman Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1989 Gold Coast Purchase Prize, Qld Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery 1988 REIQ Bicentennial Art Award, Qld 2003 4 Wedderburn painters: common ground Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery 1987 Open Section, Camden Art Prize 2002 2002: The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery Faber Castell Drawing Prize Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery 1984 Mervyn Horton Memorial Prize, Berrima, NSW Sulman Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Camden Purchase Prize, NSW A Silver Lining & A New Beginning Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Uni of NSW Friends of the Campbelltown Art Gallery Purchase 2000 Common Ground Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Uni of NSW 1983 Lane Cove Purchase Prize, NSW The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales & touring throughout Australia 1982 Lane Cove Purchase Prize Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Elisabeth signing Arkaroola Landscape Etching 1981 Macquarie Towns Purchase Prize, NSW
44 45 1979 Peter Stuyvesant Prize, Shoalhaven Bibliography Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown City Hall 2010 Robba, Leo: Elisabeth Cummings Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 11, pp 60-68 Gosford Purchase Prize, NSW Schwartzkoff, Louise: Freedom Gets a Seat at the Table Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, May 15-16, p37 1978 Gold Coast Purchase Prize 2009 McDonald, John: When losers are winners Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14-15, p17 1977 Landscape and Still Life Prizes, RAS, Sydney Australia Day 2009 Beach Life Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 26, p2 Lismore Prize, NSW Personal Journeys: 40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art Shoalhaven City Art Centre Catalogue, p13 Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown City Hall 50 Most Collectable Art Collector Magazine, Issue 47 1976 Drummoyne Prize, NSW Christopher, Lissa: The Drawn Line Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Nov 28-29, p14 1974 Grafton Prize, NSW 2008 Smee, Sebastian: Forget Me Not The Weekend Australian, April 5-6, pp18-19 1972 Human Image Prize, RAS, Sydney McDonald, John: Return of the Natural Order Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 6-7, p19-20 Cheltenham Prize, NSW McDonald, John: Echoes of Greatness Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 22-23 Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Sydney 2007 Crisp, Lyndal: The art that artists collect The Australian Financial Review, Dec 15 1971 Gold Coast Purchase Prize, QLD McDonald, John: Studio Australia (extracted from Studio: Australian Painters on the nature of Creativity) 1960 Dyason Bequest Orient-Express Magazine, Volume 15 Number 4, p40-48 1958 NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Waterlow, Nick: Elisabeth Cummings Cross Currents Catalogue essay, MCA, pp34-35 1957 Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing Smee, Seabstian: Beauty and Brains The Weekend Australian Review, Oct 13-14, p18 McDonald, John: A palette of local colour Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 3-4, p16-17 Collections Rowe, Amy: Double Visions Exhibition Catalogue, Orange Regional Gallery Nov – Dec, COFA space UNSW Oct Art Gallery of New South Wales Lismore Regional Art Gallery Artbank, Australia Long Gallery & Art Collection, Uni of Wollongong, NSW McDonald, John: Anything goes in the silly season Sydney Morning Herald, March 24-25, p16 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW Macquarie Bank, Australia Smee, Sebastian: The best of the rest actually the best The Australian, March 8, p14 Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW Lloyd, Ian (photographer) and McDonald, John: Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity College of Fine Arts, Uni of NSW, Sydney Maroondah Regional Gallery, Vic published by Tower Books Australia Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW Museum of Brisbane, Qld 2006 Delaruelle, Jacques: Art Exhibition (Sydney) The Independent Monthly, Dec Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld National Gallery of Australia, ACT 2005 McDonald, John: The guiding lights Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Dec 23-25, p18-19 Griffith University, QCE, Brisbane Outback Arts Inc, Qld McDonald, John: Drawn to the flamesSydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Dec10-11, p29 Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW Queensland Art Gallery, Qld McDonald, John: Out of art’s boiler room Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Oct 8-9, p28 Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery,NSW Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, NSW Garside, Sioux: Fire Dreaming University Art Gallery Catalogue, Uni of Sydney, Sept-Dec James Cook University, Townsville, Qld The Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Qld Johnston, Jay: Hot off the Press - Australia’s Best Raise the Stakes COFA, Winter Issue, p12-13 Kelvin Grove Teachers College, Brisbane University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane Grishin, Dr Sasha: Lyrical and resonant Canberra Times, Nov 28 Kedumba Drawing Collection, NSW McDonald, John: Hanging offences Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, May 7-8
46 47 2004 Beecher, Eric [editor]: Vintage Verve The Reader, Nov 12, p34 Fortescue, Elizabeth: Interpreting: Elisabeth Cummings Lino Magazine Sept Lloyd, Ian: Australian Painters in Residence R.Ian Lloyd Productions Smee, Sebastian: Intimate portrayals coloured by interior dialogue The Australian, Nov 2 Hunter, Catherine: Elisabeth Cummings: the quiet master Ninemsn website, Oct. 24 2003 Higson, Rosalie: The Face The Weekend Australian, Dec 20-21 p3 Backhouse, Megan: Cummings shows the benefit of experience Indoors and outReview-The Age, p7 Loxley, Anne: Rapt in the spirit of ancient tradition Sydney Morning Herald, July 11 Delaruelle, Jacques: Within a Stone’s Throw Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Feb-March 2002 Pinson, Peter: Common Ground – Four Wedderburn painters Art & Australia, Issue No 2, p270-77 Lumby, Carrie: Two Kings: Australian Art Collector Issue 19, Jan-March, p 62 McDonald, John: Elisabeth Cummings: The Invisible Woman of Australian Art Australian Art Collector, Issue 22, Oct-Dec, pp 68-7 Dutkiewicz, Adam: Winning scene -The Fleurieu Biennale 2002 South Australian Times, Nov 24 Cummings, Elisabeth Catalogue: publishers - king street gallery on burton 2001 Grishin, Sasha: Two artists expanding vision and expertise Panorama - Canberra Times, Oct 6 Noyes, Nigel: Harmonious Blend Australian Country Style, May 2000 Backhouse, Megan: Review - Fleurieu Prize The Age, Nov 15, p 7 Smee, Sebastian: The ground crew Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, March 14, p14 Pinson, Peter: catalogue essay for Common Ground, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Feb- March 1998 Smee, Sebastian: Streets ahead Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 1 1997 McDonald, John: The schlock of the new Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 22, p16 Watson, Bronwyn: It pays to read between the lines The Bulletin, Sept 23, p73
Full CV available on kingstreetgallery.com.au
Etching Printed at: Cicada Press, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney Printed by: Master Printmaker – Michael Kempson Paper: Arches 300 gsm
All photographs of Elisabeth Cummings courtesy of Michael Kempson Photography: Michael Bradfield Graphic Design: Sam Woods
Published by King Street Studios P/L 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9807666-2-2 48 King Street Gallery on William 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday 177 William St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Australia T: 61 2 9360 9727 [email protected] www.kingstreetgallery.com.au Directors: Robert Linnegar and Randi Linnegar
Member of the Australian Commercial Galleries Assocation Registered Valuer with the Australian Government Taxations Incentives for the Arts Scheme
Published by King Street Studios P/L 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9807666-2-2